Intrepid Laughter (eBook)

Preston Sturges and the Movies

Andrew Dickos (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
222 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-4195-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The life and career of the pioneering writer-director whose name is synonymous with sophisticated screwball comedies.Preston Sturges was known for bringing sophistication and wit to the genre of comedy, establishing himself as one of the most valuable writer-directors in 1940s Hollywood. Today, more than a half century after they were originally produced, his films have lost little of their edge and remain extremely popular.Intrepid Laughter is an essential guide to the life and work of this luminary of the stage and screen, following Sturges from his unusual childhood, to his early success as a Broadway playwright, to his whirlwind career in Hollywood.

Autor

lt;P>Andrew Dickos is the editor of Abraham Polonsky: Interviews and the author of Street with No Name: A History of the Classic American Film Noir. He is also a commentator on Paramount Home Entertainment's DVD of Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
• Schlagworte: Christmas in July • film director • Film Studies • Hail the Conquering Hero • Hollywood directors • Les Carnets du Major Thompson • screenwriter • screenwriting • Screwball Comedy • Sullivan's Travels • The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend • The Great McGinty • The Great Moment • the lady eve • The Miracle of Morgan's Creek • The Palm Beach Story • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-4195-8 / 0813141958
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-4195-4 / 9780813141954